Byron Thomas is 19, black, a freshman at the University of South Carolina Beaufort and a proud Southerner. He hung a Confederate flag in his dorm room window until the university asked him to take it down because several people had complained about it. (The university later stepped back from the request, saying all students have the right to free speech.)

The university later stepped back from the request, saying all students have the right to free speech.No, all minority students have the right to free speech. If this was a white guy, he'd have been run off campus.

Many blacks fought for and served in the Army of the Confederacy with distinction. This is a fact recognized by the Union at the time. Many blacks fought believing it would move them closer to freedom—we shall never know if this would have happened—but it was possible. Only with the Civil Rights Movement—and opposition of the so called Dixiecrats that the battle flag of the CSA has been vilified as a hate symbol. Others fought for the south as well—Cherokee Indians, and others. Some from the North came to defend the idea of succession. Black Confederates need to be honored—there is a group that needs a monument!

maybe because southern culture today is more free and open and respectful than northern oppression and hidden racism.

I post this periodically (and apologies to those who've seen it before) but these two maps provide further proof positive that your assessment is 100% correct. Compare the states of the Confederacy and those states where Right to Work is the law. Note that every single state of the old Confederacy now stands uniformly in opposition to the slavery of unionism. The "Solid South" is back and stands as the vanguard against the tyranny of Big Labor:

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posted on 01/18/2013 1:29:55 PM PST
by re_nortex
(DP...that's what I like about Texas.)

I remember the days when the university flew the “Stars and Bars” right next to the “Stars and Stripes” at football games, how there was an invocation and national anthem before the game and how the student body sang “Dixie” during halftime.

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